[ERC] Rally Liepāja-Ventspils

Lukyanuk is simply really very fast driver, in top spec car (as for group N) and I think that is why he is able to almost keep with top two.

Another nice video. :)

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I'd pay to watch full onboards from the helicopter. I can't believe we haven't ever had any at the highest level of rallying :( .

wtf at last stage Breen managed to loose from Ketomaa 5,1 sec at 3,40km?

Breen is still hopeful he will attack Ketomaa tomorrow sunday :confused:

Great resistance from Lefèbvre to Immonen...tomorrow will be a crazy last leg in 2WDs :up:

Virtual championship standings (With the current standings as final standing and the points for day 1 and 2 counted)

1 Ketomaa 38
- Kopecky 38
3 Breen 31
- Bouffier 31
5 Delecour 30
6 Lukyanuk 24
7 Baumschlager 23
8 Pech 20
9 Harrach 16
10 Svedas 15

PC:
1 Lukyanuk 39
2 Harrach 38
3 Kajetanowicz 31

2WD
1 Danzinger 63
2 Lefebvre 38
3 Chentre 36

will they ever meet in a rally the above? what a dogfight would be!!Prefere a snow rally !!

1 Lukyanuk 39
2 Harrach 38
3 Kajetanowicz 31

There weren't bonus points after leg 1. You get them only if the leg has a minimum of 25 per cent of the total special stage length.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

will they ever meet in a rally the above? what a dogfight would be!!Prefere a snow rally !!

1 Lukyanuk 39
2 Harrach 38
3 Kajetanowicz 31

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Lets also throw Juha Salo in, that would be excellent R4 fight... :D

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Originally Posted by Kielder

There weren't bonus points after leg 1. You get them only if the leg has a minimum of 25 per cent of the total special stage length.

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Oh, owkay! So, who are points awarded then? Points for leg 1+2 and 3, or just for leg 2 and 3?

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Originally Posted by Kyberr

In rally estonia 2012, he was driving whit evo IX group N. while T.Neuville was driving DS3 WRC. He was faster in most stages, also he looked way faster then others from outside. This person must drive in wrc.

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What?
Thierry was faster than Lukyanuk in all 12 stages and besides that Kruuda was faster than Lukyanuk in 8 stages. And in Rally Saaremaa Lukyanuk won 5 stages against Koitla and Koitla was with N4 when Lukyanuk was with R4. There was 10 stages .

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Oh, owkay! So, who are points awarded then? Points for leg 1+2 and 3, or just for leg 2 and 3?

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I read it some days ago. I can't find the article now. If I remember well, just for leg 2 and 3 :) .

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Originally Posted by dimviii

will they ever meet in a rally the above? what a dogfight would be!!Prefere a snow rally !!

1 Lukyanuk 39
2 Harrach 38
3 Kajetanowicz 31

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In the case of Kajetanowicz - I don't think so. Lotos/Dynamic prefer to waste their money on the hopeless Kosciuszko than spend it on Kajto :(

http://regiomoto.pl/portal/sites/reg...wrc.jpg?mgptie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG7uD...ure=youtu.be&a

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Originally Posted by Juha_Koo

Lets also throw Juha Salo in, that would be excellent R4 fight... :D

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And Asi :)

Rallijs Liep?ja-Ventspils 2. diena - Go4speed

http://www.go4speed.lv/data/gallery/...brins-day2.JPG


http://www.go4speed.lv/data/gallery/...etoma-day2.JPG


http://www.go4speed.lv/data/gallery/532/photo3.JPG


http://www.go4speed.lv/data/gallery/532/svilis.JPG

great battle between Immonen and Lefebvre at 2WD. On the standing for the second leg (92km) Immonen was quickly by only 0.2s . Let see what will happen tomorrow !!

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Originally Posted by Kielder

I read it some days ago. I can't find the article now. If I remember well, just for leg 2 and 3 :) .

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Can someone confirm this? :)

Photos from Day 2 Rallijs Liep?ja-Ventspils 2. diena - Go4speed

Photos from 2nd day Rally Liepaja-Ventspils HERE
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...efc982511f.jpg
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...0f56d299d7.jpg
http://www.rally-mania.cz/fotogaleri...03f68924a4.jpg

Some more photos: eWRC-results.com - archive and online results from WRC and rally

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Originally Posted by &quot

Can someone confirm this? :)

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I think that Kielder is right. There was some rule about the lenght of the leg and the bonus points.

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Can someone confirm this? :)

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Yes I can:
http://lrc.lv/files/r107/Comunication-1.pdf

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Well i was a bit too illustartive ;-) Basically I wanted to say the same as pucky54 said :-) And Mirek said earlielr that he was not allowed to change gerabox after shakedown

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Originally Posted by Adler

Also strange explanation, why sell a car if they have a contract for 10 more ERC rounds, and to change an S2000 gearbox in 45 min service should be not that tough job. but ok...curious now for the next 3 stages, overall fight and in 2 WD is very promising, I don´t believe one second that Ketomaa is not really interested in winning this rallye :)

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You can change gearbox in service for long one if You have it. I think all priority drivers are allowed to have two boxes but both are sealed in scrutineering. After that You can't open it and change ratios and that's what was not done by team of Delecour and later they were not allowed to do so. That's my understanding.

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Originally Posted by catty

But if they are spending as much time on the limiter as they say the r4s will have a big top speed advantage

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Originally Posted by dimviii

all stages till now they have sections on limiter? how many these sections per stage?Strange!

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207 S2000 gearbox most likely used by Breen is for 175 km/h. Fiesta RRC has sure higher top speed. It shall have same gear ratios as WRC car which means top speed around 200 km/h but of course it takes some time for RRC to get there.

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Originally Posted by Kielder

I read it some days ago. I can't find the article now. If I remember well, just for leg 2 and 3 :) .

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True. Leg 1 was too short.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

207 S2000 gearbox most likely used by Breen is for 175 km/h. Fiesta RRC has sure higher top speed. It shall have same gear ratios as WRC car which means top speed around 200 km/h but of course it takes some time for RRC to get there.

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thats why i mention it Mirek.Ok Breen has a lower top speed,but Ketomaa has same top speed as grN -r4 evos.Also in evos take time to reach 200km/h due to restrictor.
Driver of this rally is Lukyanuk till now.

Well, I am kind of happy that we cannot see Lukyanuks onboards live.. these are too nerwewrecking :-P
Do you know guys when he started with serious rallies? You even cannot belive it:-) It is around two years of interantional competition.

But do not put him in WRC yet. He needs to get experience in cheaper cars first. His style is very good for the roads in Estonia, Latvia and Finland (Good and smooth roads, no big rocks etc.). But when there are not so good roads, then his experience is very small and his current style might be too rough. But it is getting better very quickly!

And wether for tomorro stages will be rather boring. Morning temperature around -5..-7. close to 0 during the midday. a few snoflakes close to the coast. Some clouds some sun. Nearly no wind. Perfect conditions for spectating.

Are highlights online yet?

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Originally Posted by Plan9

Are highlights online yet?

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I hope Fu wins against Hawkins, then we can see highlights on Europsort :-P

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Originally Posted by bluuford

I hope Fu wins against Hawkins, then we can see highlights on Europsort :-P

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LOL :) Indeed, I'm getting tired. Fu had a crazy moment with the blue ball... :D

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Originally Posted by dimviii

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Driver of this rally is Lukyanuk till now.

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Driver of the rally for me is Stéphane Lefèbvre ;)

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Well, I am kind of happy that we cannot see Lukyanuks onboards live.. these are too nerwewrecking :-P
Do you know guys when he started with serious rallies? You even cannot belive it:-) It is around two years of interantional competition.

But do not put him in WRC yet. He needs to get experience in cheaper cars first. His style is very good for the roads in Estonia, Latvia and Finland (Good and smooth roads, no big rocks etc.). But when there are not so good roads, then his experience is very small and his current style might be too rough. But it is getting better very quickly!

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Another problem to reach the top in rallying could be his age, according to ewrc.cz he is 32 years old, is this correct?

Problems for Danzinger at SS 10 - he lost 19 min there and is now without any chance of a top position in 2WD - anybody knows the reason?

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

Driver of the rally for me is Stéphane Lefèbvre ;)

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for sure excellent performance,but we dont know how fast is Immonen.

SS12 running ;)

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Problems for Danzinger at SS 10 - he lost 19 min there and is now without any chance of a top position in 2WD - anybody knows the reason?

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Fuel pump :mark: